More Fun Comics #45

From July 1939, More Fun Comics #45 promises a full 64 pages of laughs and thrills for just a dime — a genuinely impressive value for the era. The cover by John Richard Flanagan puts you right in the tension of a wilderness confrontation, where a figure in a green hooded tunic faces down a rearing, snarling bear with a rifle lying just out of reach on the ground. It's a gripping, no-frills adventure image that sets the tone for Tom Hickey's "The Crimson Cargo" and the rest of this action-packed anthology.